10-24-2021 Superior

Hebrews 1:1–12 (ESV)

1 Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets,

2 but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world.

3 He is the radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the word of his power. After making purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

4 having become as much superior to angels as the name he has inherited is more excellent than theirs.

5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “You are my Son, today I have begotten you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father, and he shall be to me a son”?

6 And again, when he brings the firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all God’s angels worship him.”

7 Of the angels he says, “He makes his angels winds, and his ministers a flame of fire.”

8 But of the Son he says, “Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your kingdom.

9 You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond your companions.”

10 And, “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands;

11 they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment,

12 like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have no end.”

Jesus is Superior to the Prophets

Jesus is Superior to the Fathers

Jesus is Superior as God’s Spokesperson

God Made Him Heir of All things

Heir to Adam - inherited sinful man, Became a sin offering and defeated sin, death, the grave

Heir to Abraham - the single seed promised to Abraham through which the nations would be blessed

Heir to Judah through whom the scepter of Isreal would come

Heir to David - The Promised Son of David who would sit on the throne of Israel forever

Heir to the New Covenant - Through whom the Promise of Jeremiah (Jer 31:31-34)

Jeremiah 31:31–34 ESV

31 “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, 32 not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, my covenant that they broke, though I was their husband, declares the Lord. 33 For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people. 34 And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

God Made Him Creator

Genesis 1:1 ESV

1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth.

John 1:1–3 ESV

1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made.

He IS the RADIANCE of God’s Glory

He IS the Express Image (charakter) of God’s Substance (hupostasis - substantial quality, nature of a person or thing)

He IS the ONE WHO BEARS all things by the spoken word (rhema) of His Power

He is the ONE WHO PERFORMED PURIFICATION for SINS

He is the ONLY ONE SEATED at the RIGHT HAND of MAJESTY ON HIGH (beside the God introduced in verse 1)